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Local Affairs
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Keller of
Charlotte spent Sunday at their
home In Blowing Rock.
Mr. Worth Greene has been
a patient at Watauga County
Hospital (or ten days.
Mrs. Olenn Welch has been
a patient at Wilkes General
Hospital since Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Setzer
of Lenoir spent Sunday at their
summer home in Blowing Rock.
Miss Cynthia Stiles, Mrs. C.
M. Stiles and Miss Betsy Hardin
of Brookfield, Conn, spent last
we?k at the Stiles home here.
Mrs. Marvin Miller spent
Sunday in Johnson City, Ten
nesse with her sister, Mrs. Jane
Marshall.
Mrs. Mae Osborne is recup
erating at her home after being
a patient at the Watauga Coun
ty Hospital last week.
Mrs. B. L. Smith of Greens
boro is visiting this week in
the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. D.
Rankin.
Mrs. J. B. Ragan was a recent
visitor in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James E. Love and family
of Shelby.
Mrs. R. L. Bowman of Gaines
ville, Florida was a visitor in
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Paul
B. Patterson over the week-end.
Mrs. C. B. Angel spent last
Tuesday with her sister, Mrs.
Charles Lecka and her mother,
Mrs. T. M. Vance, in Newland.
Mrs. John Marsh is recuperat
ing at home after being a pati
ent at Watauga hospital for ten
days.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Honey
cutt are back in Boone after
spending the winter in Flor
ence, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Perkins
of Statesville visited over the
week-end with Mrs. Ruth Mc
Connell and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Bushong
have returned to their cottage
at Valle Crucis after spending
the winter at Homestead, Fla.
Mr. J. G. McCullen of Pine
hurst visited on Monday and
Tuesday with Miss Joanne Ald
ridge and Mrs, Carlos, DtLiiha.
Tommy Morett, son' of: MV.
and Mrs. Elmer Moretz, will un
dergo a tonsillectomy Thurs
day at Watauga Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Perry re
turned to Sugar Grove Sunday
after spending four months
visiting in California and with
relatives in North Carolina.
Dr. and Mrs. S. Howard Boll
have recently returned to their
home in Sugar Grove after
spending five months in St.
Petersburg, Florida.
Mrs. Frank Barnhardt, Jr.
and Miss Marta Barnhardt of
Burlington were week-end visi
tors in the home of Mrs. W. L.
High and Mr. High.
Mrs. C. C. Ragan returned
home last Saturday after spend
ing the winter with her daugh
ter, Mrs. R V. Hayes and fam
ily in North Wilkesboro.
Mrs. Ed Williams of the
Mabel community has been a
patient at the Cannon Memorial
Hospital in Banner Elk since
Monday.
Mrs. J. L. Goodnight has re
turned to her home after visit
ing a week with relatives at
Gastonia, Lincolnton and Dal
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Recent visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Troy Norri* were their
dauphter, Mrs. John T. King,
Mr. King and children, Martha,
John, Bobby, and Mareot.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rankin
of Greensboro were Sunday
visitors with Dr. ?nd Mrs. J. D.
Rankin and Mr. and Mrs. John
Howell.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crook
and son. Chuck, of Atlanta,
Georgia were week-end visitors
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. L. Crook.
Mrs. S. E. Dudley of Wooster.
Mass. and Washington, D. C. is
spending two month* in the
home of her sister, Mrs. C. M.
Stiles.
Mrs. A. R Graybesl ?t Mar
ion, Va. who r^me to Blowinc
Rock Fridav to- the fn->?"al of
Mrs. W. C. Payne, visited until
Sund?v with h*r sister. Mrs. D.
L. Wilcox and Mrs. Wilcox
Mr*. Foyce Rvmer and Re
becca of Statem^H* a^tvd Sat
urday to spend tMs week with
her father, Mr. Ed OunlR while
her mother is vacationing in
Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Yates
and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Norris
snent the week end in Char
lotte with Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Llnd?ev. While there they at
tended a Party Saturday night
given by Mr?. Nell Lorrick in
honor of Mr*. Selina H. Smith
who will be married May 4 to
Mr. Roy McKeniie of Chatta
nooga, Tttuu. lir
Mr*. D. J. Whitener and Mrs.
Dave Mast attended the Delta
Kappa Gamma state convention
which met at Grove Park Inn
In Asheville, N. C. Frkty af
ternoon through Sunday noon.
Mrs. Eddie Funderburke and
children, Lisa and Joy, have re
turned to their home in Man
chester, Ga. after spending two
weeks with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Cline and Larry.
Rev. J. 0. Young returned
home Wednesday after being a
patient in the Veteran's Hospi
tal in Oteen for 3 weeks. While
there he underwent extensive
tests and examination.
Miss Henrietta Sparrow of
Harrisonburg, Va. will arrive
today (Wed.) to spend the
month of May with her sister,
Mrs. W. H. Plemmons and Dr.
Plemmons.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sherwood
of Beaver Dams spent the week
end In Charlotte with their
daughter, Mrs. Terrill McCas
slin and Mr. McCasslin. They
attended the N. C. Trade Fair
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Howell
left Sunday for a visit with
their son, Dr. A. Y. Howell and
family, of Cumming, Ga. Dr.
Howell is recuperating from an
operation performed recently
in an Atlanta hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rush,
son, Eddie and daughter Denise
visited over the week end with
Mr. Rush's mother, Mrs. W. F.
Harris and Mrs. James GriffiW,
a sister of Mr. Rushes in Char
lotte.
Rev. George Hyler of Blow
ing Rock and Rev. Maurice
Cooper of Boone plan to leave
Monday to attend the Southern
Baptist Convention which meets
In Kansas City, Missouri May
6-10.
Visitor* last week in the home
of Mrs. Marvin Miller of Route
2 were her brother, Mr. Sher
man Osborne and Mrs. Osborne
of American Falls, Idaho and
Mrs. Jane Marshall of Johnson
CHy, Tenn.
'? W. R Winkler, Jr., attended
i'tii cM luncheon in Charlotte
Week, where officials of the
Ford Motor Company presented
him with a plaque and a dis
tinguished achievement pin in
recognition of meritorious ser
vice as a Ford dealer.
Mrs. J. C. Hagaman of Chat
tanooga, Tenn. arrived Sunday
to spend a few days with her
sisters, Mrs. Fred Mast, Mrs.
Ruth McConnell, Mrs. Elsie
Hagaman of Boone, Mrs. Crete
Swift of Sugar Grove and other
relatives in this area.
Rev. E. F. Troutman is at
tending the annual Lutheran
Convention of the North Caro
lina Synod in Greensboro this
week. Mrs. Troutman is visiting
relatives in Troutman, N. C.
They plan to return to Boone
an Thursday.
Mr. Edwin Dougherty and Mr.
?nd Mrs. Roy Rufty were in
Morristown, Tenn. Sunday to at
tend the funeral of Mr. Jack
Dougherty. Mr. Dougherty was
the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Hardee Dougherty, former
ly of Watauea County..
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wallace
Wilcojt spent the week end ift
Charlotte attending the N. C.
Trade Fair and on Sunday
night were guests at the special
homecoming salute for North
Carolina Celebrities which was
televised.
Mrs. Jessie Sorrells of Asbe
ifille spent the week end in
Boone with Keith and Janet
Sorrells while their parents
were in Danville, Va. Mrs. Hugh
Hagaman and Mrs. Morris Sor
rels took her back to Asheville
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Payne
ind Miss Patty Oland attended
the Military Dress Parade and
rteld day exerciaes at Marion
Military Institute at Marion,
Mabama over the week end.
Miss Oland's escort for the Old
South Ball Saturday night was
Cadet M-S John L. Pane.
Mr, and Mrs. Edwin D. Tay
lor of Miami, Florida spent last
week at their home on 421, east
>f Boone. The Taylors bought
the Royce Perry property there
rears ago and they plan to re
turn here in June with their
Four children to spend the
iuRimer.
Mr. James Crowe of Balti
more, Md. has spent the last
two weeks visiting in this area
with his grandparenta, Mr. and
Mr*. A. M. Hodges, his aunta,
Mr*. Dave Hodge* and Mr. Hod
les and Mra. Hight Hollars and
Mr. Hollars of Boone. He alao
Hsited in Lenoir with his
mndmotfaer, Mr*. C. Crowe
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Mrs. Stewart Hod
Visitors in the home of Mrs. j
Alt McGuire were Mrs. Dan
Sapp and children, Tharon, '
Judith, Carver and Dan Jr. of
Raleigh, Mr. and Mrs. Buddy
McGuire and Carta of Granite
Fails, and Mr and Mrs. Phil 1
McGuire of Aiken, S. C. They 1
all attended the open house of
the Drexel Furnttuu Company
in Drexel, Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hodges
have had a* recent visitors in
their home Mr. and Mrs. David I
Hodges. Jr. and children, Eliza
beth. David III, Linda, Duuy,
Joe, Delores and Theresa, of
Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerral Fletcher of Gas
tonia and Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Fletcher and children Judy,
Betty, Gerald and Darrell also
of Gastonia.
Mrs. Rosella Willis is recup;
erating satisfactorily at the
Blowing Rock Hospital after
undergoing surgery at the Char
lotte Memorial Hospital. Mrs.
Willis suffered a broken hio at
the home of her mother, Mrs.
D. P. Coffey in Blowing Rock.
Mrs. Howard Barnwell of
Blowing Rock entered Duke
Hospital at Durham Sunday and
was to undergo major surgery
Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Har
ris were in Greensboro Sunday
visiting with their daughter,
Mrs. Glenn Farthing, Mr. Farth
ing and family. Mrs. Harris re
mained in Greensboro to be
with the family while Mrs.
Farthing is in Memphis, Tenn.
attending the National Bowling
Convention this week. Mrs.
Farthing is the president of
the North Carolina Bowling
Convention. Mrs. Harris plans
to return to Boone Saturday.
Mrs. J. B. Ragan of Route 2
has been visiting her grandson,
John H. Lookabill and Mrs.
Lookabill and their children,
Connie, Mary Sue, Johnny, Lee,
James and Shelia of Shelby.
She also visited her grand
daughter, Mrs. A. R. May, Mr.
May and daughters, Roxanna
and Donna. While in Shelby
Mrs. Ragan celebrated her 81st
birthday along with Mrs. Looka
bill, whose birthday was April
24. They shared a beautiful
cake and received lovely gifts.
Those going to Danville, Vir
ginia for the Virginia Interna
tional Sports Car Events over
the week-end were Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Isenhour, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Meeks, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Black, Dr. and Mrs. Bob Sher
wood. Dr. and Mrs. Jack Mar
tin, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Haga
man, Dr. and Mrs. Len Haga
man, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Tri
vette, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Wilmoth, Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Sorrells, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Miller.
Mrs. Corey Hosts
App Garden Club
The Appalachian Card en
Club met at the home of Mrs.
John Corey on Tuesday April
23.
Mrs. Robert L. Cody and Miss
Cynthia Stiies were welcomed ,
as visitors.
Setting plants and sowing
seeds that will be blooming in
the fall was the topic of the
program led by Mrs. James
Duncan.
Refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Green Valley
Home Club
The Green Valley Home Dem
onstration Club met April 17
at the home of Mrs. Ennis Byers
The meeting was called to order
by the president, Mrs. Clayton
Moretx. The club repeated the
Collect together, after which
Mrs. Byers conducted the devo
tional. Mrs. Arlie Moretz led in
P"yer
The roll was called and tee
members reported present. One
visitor tame and later joined
the club.
?ft# npinutes the test meet
ing was read and approved.
Three members went as repre
sentatives to the dirlrict meet
ing at Spruce Pine. Those go
ing from Green Valley were
Mrs. Minnie Norris, Mrs. Troy
Norris, and Mrs. Wood row Wine
barber.
The demonstration, "Window
U?rd*are," was given by Mrs.
Russell Norris, the project lead
BefceefemeaU vera served by
the hostess and her daughter
in-law, Mrs. Billy Byers The
meeting adjourned to meet in
May with Mrs. Clayton Moretx.
TERRY HOLLAR
Terry Hollar Wins Award
From State Garden Club
At the State Garden Club
Convention held in Charlotte
on April 23, 24, and 25, Tarry
Hollar ot Boone was named as
the winner of the Junior Achie
vement Award given by North
Carolina Garden Clubs, Inc.,
and the Youth Award given by
the National Council of Garden
Clubs, Inc.
These awards were made in
"recognition of excellent achie
vement" in the nationwide Lit
terbug Coloring Contest ? a con
test sponsored Jointly by the
National Council of Garden
Clubs, Inc., and Keep America
Beautiful, Inc. It was open to
ntambert of Junior garden clubs
throughout the entire United
States. Terry's work received
top rating in the nation in her
age group ? 12 to 14 years, and
won the first national award
ever received by a members of
a junior garden club in Boone.
Terry is the daughter of Mr.
and Mi-s. John Hollar of Rey
nolds Road, is a seventh grader,
and a member of the Mountain
Laurel Junior Garden Club
which was organized last year.
Miss Thalheimer, Dr. Kramer
Arc Married In New York
New York City. ? Miss Joan
Thalheimer became the bride of
Dr. Robert Ivan Kramer of
Washington, D. C., Saturday.
?, Dr. William G. Broude of
Providence, R. I., officiated at
4:30 p. m. at Savoy Hilton Ho
tel. A dinner folowed.
The bride, daughter of Mr.
and, Mrs. Marcus Edwin Thal
heimer of 1327 Andover Road,
Charlotte, and Blowing Rock, N.
Town-Country
Club Meets
The Town and Country Home
Demonstration Club met Thurs
day, April 25. at the home of
Mrs. J. C. Cline with Mrs. J.
Boyce Brooks as co-hostess.
Mrs. Earl Petrey gave an in
teresting devotional and intro
duced Mrs. Howard Daocey who
gave an informative demonstra
tion on crewel embroidery,
showing the different kinds of
stitches. She also displayed sev
eral articles she had made.
Mrs. J. C. Goodnight had on
display a large number of
crewel embroidery kits, samp
lers, bags and needlepoint.
Mrs. Petrey gave a program
on window hardware showing
how t* use the many type* that
are available today.
Mrs. Herman Eggers was wel
comed as a new member by
Mrs. John Houck who presided.
The program for May will be
Dn storage and built-in*.
C., was given In marriage by hei
father. Her gown of ivory peat
de soie had a train. She wor<
her veil of heirloom lace man
tilla style and carried stepha
notis and orchids.
The bridegroom, son of Dr
and Mrs. Louis I. Kramer ol
Providence, had his brother
Fredric S. Kramer, as best man
Matron of honor was Mrs.
Lawrence J. Nachman, the
bride's sister. She wore green
chiffon and carried yellow
spring flowers.
Mr*. Kramer is a graduate ol
Beard School and Sarah Law
rence College. She has been
employed by Hart Publications.
Her husband is a graduate of
Providence Country Day School,
Brown University and Tufts Un
iversity School of Medicine. He
was an intern and resident at
the Yale New Haven Medical
Center and was Chief Resident
and teaching fellow at the Chil
dren's Medical Center, Univer
sity of Texas Southwestern Med
ical School in Dallas. Presently
on active duty as a Navy lieu
tenant, he is chief of pediatrics
at the United States Naval Dis
pensary in Washington.
After a wedding trip to Rio
de Janerio, Brazil, the couple
will live in Washington.
JSAN'S PERSON At COLUMN
Dear Jane And Rachel:
By JEAN L. RIVERS
Don't know why I have been
forgetting to tell you about the
new road up Howard's Knob. It
ii going to be ? real nice im
provement when it is finished.
There are ever to many ways
to get on it . . . from the Juna
luska Road, up Grand Boule
vard and out by the Agle'a
home, or from Etttbrook or |
West brook Drive which meet |
above Johnny and Becky Coun
clll's Jome It ia amazing, even
now, to ait on our front porah
{and see the ear* going up and
down the mountain. I'm sure it
will be heavily traveled when
it is surfaced, and it ia anoth
er big step' forward in Boone's
progress.
I had fun Thursday afternoon
going through the new house
that Carolyn and Latta Johnson
built in the new Blalrmort de
velopment overlooking the
Boone Golf Course. It is an ex
tra large houae of pink antique
brick with white Pontalba
wrought iron trim, and it was
, designed and decorated by the
Johnsons. Carolyn took time out
of her busy life to take me on
the tour and I appreciate it
very much.
We entered the den in which
they used exotic birch panel
ing, parkay floor and have a
Heatolator fire place of the
pink antique brick. Beyond the
fireplace is a wall with dozens
of shelves for books, antiques,
television and hi-fi set. An un
usual feature of this room is
the recessed ceiling Mr. John
son figured out so they could
use a beautiful antique china
chandelier with crystal prisms,
which Carolyn has owned many
years.
From the den we entered the
dining and living rooms. The
walls of these rooms as well as
the foyer are in silver green
with deeper green wall to wall
carpet. A solid cherry Pennsyl
vania House breakfront, ere
. denza, chaira and an antique
, drop leaf table that once be
, longed to Carolyn's great grand
. father, Henry Blair, are used in
, the dining room.
They have blended tradition
al and antique furniture very
, nicely in the extra large living
room, and I especially liked the
foyer where they used a most I
unusual tall lamp on a solid i
:herry chest with marble xop
?nd a lovely old mirror above
the chest. Opposite this is a
small chair in an orential de
sign and just inside the front
loor is a beautiful solid copper
planter. All are antiques, of
course, and an Italian hand
blown glass fixture hangs from
the ceiling.
In the hall leading into the
bedroom wing from the foyer
are spacious guest and linen
closets. One guest bedrom is
done in soft rose-beige with
matching carpet, green bed
spreads and draperies, and a
solid cherry Italian Provincial
suite. The other guest bedroom
has soft gold walls, carpet and
drapes. A French Provincial
suite with twin beds and a small
antique chair in deep gold vel
vet are used In this room. The
adjoining bath is done in soft
green ceramic tile, fixtures and
floor . . . and the bath tub is
glass enclosed . . . the way all
bath tubs should be installed.
Hours and hours of planning
must have gone into the master
bedroom, which is tremendous
in size. Both the Johnsons have
large walk-in closets in addition
to a medicine cabinet and a
pocket book and shoe closet in
Carolyn's dressing room. The
walls are done in robin-ege
blue, peacock blue wall to wall
carpet and the draperies are in
panels of blue and soft green.
Heirloom spreads are used on
the white French Provincial
double beds with gold trim. The
overhead light fixture is in the
shape of a antique picture
frame . . . first one I ever saw.
The bath, which can be entered
through the bedroom or Caro
lyn's dressing room, is done in
the same robin-egg blue, tur
quoise tile and fixtures with a
shaded ceramic tile floor. In
addition to the large round
lavatory built into a long cabi
net, they have a dental lava
tory . . . and this is the first
one I ever saw in a residence.
I'm sure it i* a nice addition
to the bath. All baths have slid
ing glaas doors, and I . forgot^
one of the prettiest things of
all . . . the swivel white orna
mental antique lamp* over
Carolyn's dressing table. Moat
unusual!
Space won't permit me to
finish this week, but I'll take
you through my favorite rooms
next week.
I am saddened over the death
of Pem Bobbins Rainey, who
died Friday after a long illness
in Blowing Rock. I had known
Pem since we both were young
and I was very fond of her. She
was a mighty nice person and
will be greatly missed!
I am looking forward to my
visit with both of you this
week ... In fact, I am real ex
cited about it.
Love always,
Mom
April 29, 1963.
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